Climate averages 1991–2020
Cabudwaaq weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Cabudwaaq: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Warder (127 km away). In January its highs average 32.4°C, about as warm as Cabudwaaq, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Cabudwaaq ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 28.4°C; Cabudwaaq is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Cabudwaaq climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 32.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 35.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 3.4 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 50 | 8.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 42 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 33.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 1.4 | 0.2 | 12.512 h |
| July | 32.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 33.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 34.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 41 | 8.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 29 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 5.2 | 0.8 | 11.812 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Warder in JanuaryEthiopia · 127 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Burao in JanuarySomalia · 372 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Hargeysa in JanuarySomalia · 439 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Baidoa in JanuarySomalia · 450 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Mogadishu in JanuarySomalia · 478 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Gebiley in JanuarySomalia · 479 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Berbera in JanuarySomalia · 485 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Jijiga in JanuaryEthiopia · 511 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 5.1 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cabudwaaq) is explained once on the Cabudwaaq year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.